This is my current team. Any thoughts would be great. I'm in 10th place in a 10 team yahoo fantasy-plus league. Been getting killed by the DL and mediocre pitching but getting better. More confidence in my hitting than pitching.

Really? Think i should trade Schmidt? Isn't he too good despite his problems?

How should i boost the outfield? Can you really dump a jd drew, larry walker, or berkman (my #1 pick) and burnitz and jenkins have been solid but my real mainstays have been carlos guilllen, javy lopez, giles and vinny castilla.

I rejected a trade offer yesterday who wanted marcus giles and he was offering Zito. Something told me not to even though zito won his last 2. This was before Schmidt went DL. I dunno.

Definitely do not trade Giles for Zito. That would be horrible. I agree that you need to improve your OF, but Berkman will start hitting in a couple of weeks. Walker is past his prime and Burnitz is playing over his head.

I would hang on to Schmidt as well since you'd be selling low. You do have some trade bait with both Lopez and Piazza -- I'd see if somebody in your league needs catcher help and try to pawn off Piazza + Walker/Burnitz for an OF upgrade.

I don't think you need any SP help since that is probably your strength. Another solid RP would be good though -- maybe try to package Wickman+Chen/Miller for a better RP.

I do need starting pitching help. A couple seasons ago i maxed out my 1500 inning limit with 2 weeks left in the season which is a good thing because you want get all the points for all those innings and not miss out on any but i don't know if that'll happen this year. Schilling and Schmidt need to get going. Don't know what i'll do without them.

Interestingly, my commish suggested a 3-way trade. My team is the Longshots. His comments:

How about this...
by: Moonhawks (leightonmcgill) May 12 1:18pm
My team is set, but in the spirit of proposing trades, how about this...

Three Way Deal...

Wheelsey gets Abreau from Black Sox

Longshots get "Unit" from Wheelsey

Black Sox get Piazza from Longshots

Abreau is the bat that Wheelsey needs, and the price is a step down from the Unit to a Free Agent starter they would need to uncover. Longshots get a starting pitcher that has tremendous upside and is NOT on the DL, at the same time lose a extremely good player that has been riding their pine. Black Sox upgrade from Lieby to Piazza, and remember defense hardly counts in this league, and the price they pay is a step down from Abreau to a Free Agent outfielder...an above average FA outfielder is a dime a dozen.